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Stories for June 2006

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Norwak virus breakout in Celebrity's “Mercury”

  Celebrity's Mercury had to return Sunday to Seattle following an outbreak of what seems the latest case of a Norwak-like virus which causes mass vomiting and diarrhea. A total of 121 passengers and four crew members had been quarantined on board.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil analysts watch for hurricane season

  Oil prices opened steady, below US$72 a barrel today, taking pause from last week's volatile ride as Tropical Storm Alberto, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed off Cuba and aimed for Florida.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty scientists meet in Edinburgh

  Around 300 scientists and legal and political advisors from 45 countries meet in Edinburgh today for the start of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's Patagonia with “85% degree of desertification”

  Three quarters of Argentina's territory, particularly Patagonia, shows signs of degradation or desertification, a problem that could accentuate in the future with global climate changes, according to Argentina's Agriculture Technology Institute.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's child labour total 1.5 million

  Some six million children between the age of 5 and 17 work in Latinamerica, half of them in exploitation conditions or doing dangerous risk-life jobs, which bans them from enjoying basic rights, according to a report from the Save the Children organization.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Garcia visits Brazil, but Venezuela remains in “deep freeze”

  Peruvian elected president Alan Garcia is scheduled to travel Tuesday to Brazil invited by President Lula da Silva, revealed Garcia's press secretary.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuban doctors “are here to stay”, says Bolivia's Morales

  Bolivian president Evo Morales said Sunday that Cuban doctors will remain in the country for an “indefinite period” since they are “performing an invaluable social service”.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain/UK optimistic about Gibraltar border crossing issues

  Geoff Hoon, British Minister for Europe responsible for Gibraltar at the Foreign Office is set to meet with his Spanish counterpoint Bernardino León next June 19 in Madrid, a day before arriving to Gibraltar, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lobbying for Panama Canal expansion

  Panama will be selling this week the ambitious plan to expand the 92 year old Panama waterway linking the Caribbean with the Pacific, in Britain and France.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  US inflation fears cause a markets' black Monday

  World financial markets plummeted Monday following fears by investors that the United States Federal Reserve might raise interest rates at the end of the month which could cause slow economic growth combined with sustained inflation.